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While police haven’t released much about the evidence they've uncovered against a former Creighton University resident, documents accompanying Dr. Anthony J. Garcia’s applications for medical licenses show how he struggled to hide his termination from two residency programs and his resignation from a third one.

While police haven’t released much about the evidence they've uncovered against a former Creighton University resident, documents accompanying Dr. Anthony J. Garcia’s applications for medical licenses show how he struggled to hide his termination from two residency programs and his resignation from a third one.

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Updated: 6:25 PM CDT Jul 16, 2013

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WEBVTT (dr anthony garcia/accused of murder: "i got no phone call and no one's telling me what's going on.") FOR THE FIRST TIME.. WE'RE HEARING FROM THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING FOUR- PEOPLE IN TWO-HIGH PROFILE MURDER CASES. AND.. WE'RE LOOKING AT WHERE HE'S WORKED.. AND WHERE HE'S BEEN TURNED AWAY. ONE MONTH BEFORE THE DOUBLE-MURDERS IN 2-THOUSAND EIGHT-- DOCTOR ANTHONY GARCIA WAS TOLD HE 'MAY NOT POSSESS THE QUALIFICATIONS' TO PRACTICE MEDICINE. GOOD EVENING, I'M MELISSA FRY - IN FOR BRANDI PETERSEN. AND I'M ROB MCCARTNEY. GARCIA'S APPLICATION FOR A MEDICAL LICENSE IN INDIANA SPELLS-OUT A HISTORY OF REJECTION..AND RESIGNATIONS.. AS HE SOUGHT TO PRACTICE MEDICINE. WE'RE IN INDIANA AT SIX FOR GARCIA'S INITIAL COURT APPEARANCE, ONE DAY AFTER HE WAS NAMED THE SUSPECT IN A PAIR OF OMAHA DOUBLE- MURDERS: THE 2-THOUSAND EIGHT KILLINGS OF SHIRLEE SHERMAN AND THOMAS HUNTER..... AND THE MURDERS THIS PAST MAY OF DOCTOR ROGER AND MARY BRUMBACK. FIRST-- WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE LAST DECADE OR SO OF GARCIA'S CAREER. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S KRISTYNA ENGDAHL BEGINS OUR LIVE TEAM COVERAGE. THAT'S RIGHT..AND WE'RE FINDING OUT WHY THE CREIGHTON PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT CALLED HIM "ERRATIC".. HARRASSING PHONE-CALLS HE MADE TO FELLOW RESIDENTS..WHILE THEY WERE TRYING TO TAKE TESTS. AND TWO OF THREE PEOPLE WHO APPROVED HIS TERMINATION..END ED UP BEING HIS áTARGETS. THIS IS ANTHONY GARCIA'S APPLICATION FOR A MEDICAL LICENSE IN INDIANA-- FILED IN DECEMBER, 2-THOUSAND EIGHT. IT SAYS HE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH IN SALT LAKE CITY FROM 19-94, TO 19-99. THEN, ON TO CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY FROM 2-THOUSAND TO 2-THOUSAND ONE. GARCIA LISTS EXPERIENCE IN OMAHA, CHICAGO, UTICA NEW YORK, AND SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA -- AS A MEDICAL RESIDENT FROM 19-99 TO 2-THOUSAND EIGHT. AND WHEN HE APPLIED IN INDIANA -- HE WAS ALREADY LICENSED PHYISCIAN AND SURGEON IN ILLINOIS. GARCIA NOTES HE WAS FIRED FROM CREIGHTON IN JUNE, 2-THOUSAND ONE.. BUT ON THE SAME APPLICATION-- GARCIA SAYS HE LEFT IN áMAY OF THAT YEAR. IN THIS LETTER FROM THE ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, IT SAYS GARCIA: 'PLACED A TELEPHONE CALL TO A FELLOW RESIDENT'S HOME, WHILE THE RESIDENT WAS IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING A LICENSING EXAMINATION." THE LETTER NOTED GARCIA TOLD THE RESIDENT'S WIFE, THAT THE RESIDENT NEEDED TO RETURN TO CREIGHTON'S DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY-- WHICH.."RESULTED IN CONSIDERABLE ANXIETY AND DISTRESS FOR THE WIFE AND RESIDENT..DURING A HIGH-STAKES EXAM. THE CREIGHTON APPEALS COMMITTEE UPHELD GARCIA'S TERMINATION -- WHICH INCLUDED DOCTORS ROGER BRUMBACK, WILLIAM HUNTER, AND M ROY WILSON. GARCIA ALSO NOTES ..HE WAS SUSPENDED FROM FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY IN ALBANY, NEW YORK IN 19-99 FOR YELLING AT A RADIOLOGY TECHNICIAN.. NOTING HE LATER RESIGNED..BECAUSE HE FELT HE WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY. BUT IN JULY, 2-THOUSAND ONE, A LETTER FROM FROM NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CONDUCT SAID A REVIEWER "EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING GARCIA'S BEHAVIOR DURING HIS áENTIRE RESIDENCY." SAYING HIS CONDUCT LEFT SERIOUS DOUBT AS TO HIS FUTURE ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY PRACTICE MEDICINE WITHIN ACCEPTABLE STANDARDS. INDIANA ULTIMATELY DENIED ANTHONY GARCIA A MEDICAL LICENSE.. AND BEFORE THAT.. THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS ALSO TOLD GARCIA.. HE 'WAS INELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR A LICENSE" THERE.

While police haven’t released much about the evidence they've uncovered against a former Creighton University resident, documents accompanying Dr. Anthony J. Garcia’s applications for medical licenses show how he struggled to hide his termination from two residency programs and his resignation from a third one.